SPEAKING OF learning to drive......
Gray Davis' road to private life could be quite a bumpy one
By R.E. Graswich -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 a.m. PST Friday, November 14, 2003
Driving Mr. Davis: Gov. Gray Davis faces a surprising challenge when
he makes the move from chief executive to Joe Blow. He is clueless
when it comes to motoring. Hasn't owned a car. Can't drive. "It's
been years since he drove a car," a Davis friend said. "He has to get
driving lessons from his security detail." CHP officers have been
joking about giving Davis and his wife, Sharon, a crash course in
driving at the West Sacramento CHP academy. The Davises are looking
at Lincolns. The CHP won't confirm or deny anything. "We don't
comment on the governor's security," said CHP spokesman Tom Marshall.
"We will have a detail with Governor Davis for several weeks after he
leaves office. That's all." Davis has avoided driving since 1975,
when he became chief of staff for former Gov. Jerry Brown. Gray
cruised the streets in Jerry's famous powder-blue Plymouth. There was
always a state cop at the wheel. After that, Davis was in the
Assembly, where legislative staffers stood by to haul him around. As
state controller and lieutenant governor, he had CHP chauffeurs. As
governor, Gray had a highway patrol entourage. Times change. If you
see Gray nervously bearing down in his new Lincoln, back off. Way
off. ...
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~~Philip "Never let school interfere
with your education - Mark Twain"

Cars are typically nose heavy and float accordingly. What do you
suppose would happen to that floating state if you got the driver's
window down and water started rushing in? Where would that air space
go? Better to exit the sun roof which is why northern European cars
have them.

The window will be down fast enough and the car will be high enough that water
will not rush in. The OPEN window HAS too be UNDER water for water too rush in.
And are you so sure that ALL European cars have sun roofs? I don't think so.
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Kennedy's car over turned in the water, and was on it's side. He was also drunk.
This guy you are referring to drove into the water, not drove off a cliff. I
doubt the water went over half the height of the door.

I don't know if a drunk does or does not. Moot issue. Cliff, off bridge ( as in
Kennedy's case ) what ever, it depends of the area. In Florida, you will be hard
pressed to find an embankment. You will find lots of drainage ditches.......oh
about 10 to 15 feet from the road. For some reason, shoulders are not put on the
road systems. You will find lots of high water covering the road ways when
rivers overflow in the rain season, most likely like what the person you refer
to. Many water retention ponds 15 to 20 foot deep. Go off cliffs? Yea, that can
happen as well. Take a trip through the mountains of the east or west coast.
Lots of possible areas for that to happen.

I have a friend that had a TOYota. It should have said in the owners
manual "REPLACE ENGINE EVERY 75,000 TO 100,000 MILES.
(at 3 to 4 times the cost to replace an engine in an American
vehicle).
That's why the first 3 letters are TOY.
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:06:26 -0000, "Peter Keating"

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